The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

CLF reports 4Q24 results:

https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/670/cleveland-cliffs-reports-full-year-and-fourth-quarter-2024

The 3Q24 results are anticlimactic insofar as CLF pre-announced “trough” (not a typo) 4Q24 financials on 2/3/25 (#msg-175752565). Of greater consequence is the following remark from the CEO in the above PR:

“As of late February, Cleveland-Cliffs is well on the way for a dramatic rebound in 2025. We can already see the early signals of this rebound in automotive pull, index pricing, and our overall order book. Also, with the addition of Stelco’s spot price driven non-automotive book of business to our footprint, we are even better equipped now to ride this upside than in previous cycles, as we are now less dependent on fixed price contracts.”

CC Tuesday at 8:30am ET.


4Q24 CC slides:
https://d1io3yog0oux5.cloudfront.net/_523dceb719d0400c6ec1ddeb2375f728/clevelandcliffs/db/1111/11908/file/CLF+-+Q4+and+FY+2024+Earnings+Presentation+2.24.25.pdf